| Hello John, This week, Congress has a real opportunity to make energy more affordable for families and businesses across the country.
Lawmakers are expected to vote on the SPEED Act, bipartisan legislation that would modernize America’s broken permitting system and help us build energy infrastructure faster, smarter, and more predictably.
Here’s why that matters for you: Rising energy prices don’t just show up on your heating or electric bill. Energy is a key input for almost everything in our economy.
When energy costs rise: - Farmers pay more to plant, harvest, store, and transport food
- Manufacturers face higher production costs
- Trucking and shipping get more expensive
Bottom line: Families like yours ultimately see higher prices at the grocery store, online, and everywhere in between. For many Americans, this creates impossible choices — seniors on fixed incomes forced to choose between paying their electric bill and buying medication, or young families cutting kids’ extracurriculars just to afford groceries.
The SPEED Act helps address this by cutting Washington red tape that delays projects for years — sometimes decades — even when they meet environmental standards.
It sets clear timelines, reduces duplicative reviews, and brings certainty back to the process so energy producers can invest, build, and increase supply.
More supply means more competition, and more competition leads to lower prices. That’s why AFP is urging Congress to act this week and pass the SPEED Act without delay.
👉 Take one minute to tell Congress to act now and pass the SPEED Act to lower energy costs. | 
